{"title":"DIFFERENCES IN EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OLDER CAUCASIANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS.","authors":"Andrew W Gardner, Polly S Montgomery","doi":"10.4137/cmger.s664","DOIUrl":"10.4137/cmger.s664","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>PURPOSES: (a) To compare exercise performance and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) between older Caucasians and African-Americans, (b) to assess the relationship between exercise performance and LTPA, and (c) to determine whether group differences in exercise performance persist after adjusting for differences in LTPA. METHODS: A total of 207 Caucasians and 160 African-Americans who were 65 years of age and older participated in this study. Subjects were characterized on exercise performance by a 6-minute walk test, and by a short physical performance battery (SPPB) score consisting of a repeated chair rise test, a standing balance test, and a 4-meter walk test. Additionally, LTPA was assessed using the Minnesota LTPA questionnaire. RESULTS: African-Americans had a 16% lower SPPB value (P < 0.001), a 14% shorter 6-minute walk distance (P < 0.001), and a 34% lower LTPA value (P < 0.011) than the Caucasians. LTPA was significantly related (P < 0.01) to both SPPB and 6-minute walk distance in both groups. Differences in SPPB and 6-minute walk distance between older Caucasians and African-Americans were no longer present (P > 0.05) after controlling for LTPA. CONCLUSIONS: Older African-Americans had impaired exercise performance and lower LTPA compared to older Caucasians. Racial differences in exercise performance were no longer present after adjusting for differences in LTPA.</p>","PeriodicalId":89342,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Geriatrics","volume":"1 ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193346/pdf/nihms164367.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30212580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DIFFERENCES IN EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OLDER MEN AND WOMEN.","authors":"Andrew W Gardner, Polly S Montgomery","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purposes: </strong>(a) To compare exercise performance and leisue-time physical activity (LTPA) between older men and women, (b) to assess the relationship between exercise performance and LTPA, and (c) to determine whether group differences in exercise performance persist after controlling for LTPA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 105 women and 155 men who were 65 years of age and older participated in this study. Subjects were characterized on exercise performance by a 6-minute walk test, and by a short physical performance battery (SPPB) consisting of a repeated chair rise test, a standing balance test, and a 4-meter walk test. Additionally, LTPA was assessed using the Minnesota LTPA questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women had a 7% lower SPPB value (<i>P</i> < 0.001), a 12% shorter 6-minute walk distance (<i>P</i> < 0.001), and a 28% lower LTPA value (<i>P</i> < 0.011) than the older men. LTPA was significantly related (<i>P</i> < 0.01) to both SPPB and 6-minute walk distance in the older men and women. Group differences in SPPB and 6-minute walk distance between older men and women were no longer present (<i>P</i> > 0.05) after controlling for LTPA.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Older women have impaired exercise performance and lower LTPA compared to older men. Furthermore, sex differences in exercise performance no longer exist after controlling for LTPA.</p>","PeriodicalId":89342,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Geriatrics","volume":"2008 1","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679925/pdf/nihms164371.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31511051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DIFFERENCES IN EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OLDER MEN AND WOMEN.","authors":"A. Gardner, P. Montgomery","doi":"10.4137/CMGER.S676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/CMGER.S676","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSES\u0000(a) To compare exercise performance and leisue-time physical activity (LTPA) between older men and women, (b) to assess the relationship between exercise performance and LTPA, and (c) to determine whether group differences in exercise performance persist after controlling for LTPA.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000A total of 105 women and 155 men who were 65 years of age and older participated in this study. Subjects were characterized on exercise performance by a 6-minute walk test, and by a short physical performance battery (SPPB) consisting of a repeated chair rise test, a standing balance test, and a 4-meter walk test. Additionally, LTPA was assessed using the Minnesota LTPA questionnaire.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Women had a 7% lower SPPB value (P < 0.001), a 12% shorter 6-minute walk distance (P < 0.001), and a 28% lower LTPA value (P < 0.011) than the older men. LTPA was significantly related (P < 0.01) to both SPPB and 6-minute walk distance in the older men and women. Group differences in SPPB and 6-minute walk distance between older men and women were no longer present (P > 0.05) after controlling for LTPA.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000Older women have impaired exercise performance and lower LTPA compared to older men. Furthermore, sex differences in exercise performance no longer exist after controlling for LTPA.","PeriodicalId":89342,"journal":{"name":"Clinical medicine. Geriatrics","volume":"77 1","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70695857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}